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I. L. CARR. ,i PORTABLE GHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISEER.

No. 524,377. Patented Aug, l14, 1894.

W inn! un UNITED STATES 'PATENT Ormea.

.ISRAEL LEIVIS` CARR, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

PORTABLE CHEMICAL FIRE-ExTl'NGUIsHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,377, dated August 1 l, 1894. Application tiled October 31, 1892. Serial No. 450,567. (No model.) Patented in Canada June 14, 18921N 391133- To all whom/Ait may concern:

3e it known that I, ISRAEL LEWIS CARR, a citizen of the United States, at present resid-Y lng 1n the city of Toronto,in the Province of 5 Ontario,`in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Portable Chemical Fire-Extinguishers, (for which I have received a patent of the Dominion of Canada, No. 39,138, dated June 14,

ro 1892;) and I do hereby declare that the followlng is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the ac- `companying drawings, in which- Figure l, is a Vertical section of my fire extlnguisher, and Fig. 2, is a section on line X X. My lnvention has'for its objects to retain in the extinguisher all the gas generated by commingling the chemicals until all the liquid has been expelled under pressure of the zo gas; to prevent deterioration of the chemi-` cals by keeping them separately in air-tight compartments, and to dispense with the rcqulrement and use of a hose. l My invention'consists in certain features of z 5 construction and combination of parts as will be hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

A, is the outer cylindrical vessel or casing of the extinguisher inclosing a glass or non- 3,0Y corrosive metal iiask B, containing a chemical iiuid, and said'fiask has at topa neck C, eccentrically located to permit the flask to wholly decant its contents when Vthe extinguisher is held in au inverted inclined posiu tion, as when in use. The neck C, is closed Vby a hollow glass bulb or stopper D, which` contains an acid, and said stopper after being charged with the acid has the orifice hermetically 'sealed by fusing the glass. The stopper when inserted in the neck is cemented therein to prevent evaporation of the liquid in the flask and to prevent the stopper loosening. The neck C, has internally around the lower circumferential edge, projections or lugs E, against which the stopper bears, said projections facilitating breakage ofthe stopper into small pieces, to clear the neck, talud prevent larger pieces stopping the out- The vessel A, is longer than the iiask B,and between the top of the vessel and the top of the iiaskv is a divisional air-tight chamber G,

within said chamber G, and preferably located 6o around the circumference, and. secured to the .Vessel A, for permanency, and said conduit near the neck C, has a perforated inlet or oriice covered by a strainer H'.

J, istpe discharge cock of the extinguisher, said cock inserted through the wall of the vessel A, ia-nd connecting with the conduit H, at a point farthest from the inlet or strainer H', so that when the extinguisher is inverted for use and held inclinedly, and the stopper D, 7o broken, the strainer will be submerged, and the vgas generated by com mingling the chemiv cals will rise into the flask B, and force the liquid therein through the neck C, chamber G, conduit H, and cock J, for extinguishing a hre, and said pressure or force will not be abated until the liquid in the chamber G, is exhausted, as the gas is prevented from escaping through the submerged strainer until the exhaustion of lsaid chamber is effected. 8o When the strainer H', is submerged, the liquid in chamber G, will stop oif or seal the entrance to the conduit H, and prevent the escape of gas from the extinguisher, until the gas has driven out the liquid, so that none re- 8 5 mains in said chamber as waste.

a The discharge cock J, is located at a point farthest from the inlet to conveniently throw a stream upwardly, and while doing so, keep the inlet H', submerged, to prevent escape of 9o gas. v In the top of the vessel A, directly over the stopper. D, is a screw plug L, having a break pin I, so that by driving the pin by a blow of the hand, the stopperD, will be broken in small pieces, and the chemicals will commingle and start operation of the extinguisher, as described. Y 1 l K, is a handle at the end of the vessel A, for holding and carryingI the extinguisher roo when inverted or otherwise.

I claimas my invention@ 1. In a portable chemical re extinguisher, f the combination of the flask B, containing a liquid and having a neck C, at one end eccentrically located, a hollow fragile stopper D, containing an acid and cemented'in said neck, a vessel or casing A, inclosing said ask and stopper and having a plug L, provided with a break pin I, adapted to break said stopper, an air-tight chamber G, intervening the top of said vessel and flask and containing a dry chemical, a conduit H, Within said chamber, said conduit having an inlet close to said neck and provided with a strainer II', and an outlet cock J, in said conduit and at a point farthest from said neck and strainer and passing through the wall of said vessel, whereby the inlet to the conduit will be submerged when the extinguisher is inverted and the stopper broken, to prevent escape of gas generated by the com mingling chemicals and the inlet to said conduit remains submerged until the gas has exhausted the extinguisher, as set forth.

2. In a re extinguisher, the combination with the exterior vessel A, provided with a break pin I, of an interior ask B, provided with a hollow stopper D, a divisional chamber G, intervening the top of said vessel and flask, and a conduit II, within said chamber and provided with a discharge cock J, as set forth.

3. In afire extinguisher, the combination of the flask B, having a neck C, the hollow fragile stopper D, cementedin said neck, and the exterior vessel A, "having a divisional chamber G, at the top of said fiask, for stowage of chemicals separately in air-tight compartments, to prevent deterioration, as set forth.

4. In a fire extinguisher, the combination with the exterior vessel A, having a break pl'n I, of the flask B, having a neck C, eccentrically located in the end, a hollow stopper D, inserted in said neck, and a conduit H, in a chamber G, intervening the top of said vessel and flask, and provided with a discharge cock J, as set forth.

5. The combination of the vessel A,havin g a break pin I, the flask B, having an eccentrically located neck C, provided with lugs E, the hollow stopper D, seated against said lugs, a chamber G, intervening the top of said flask and vessel A, said chamber containing a dry chemical G', and the conduit H, within said chamber, through which conduit the chemical fluid is discharged by the pressure of gas, as Set forth.

ISRAEL LEwrs CARR.

Witnesses:

'HENRY GRIsT, JOHN GRrs'r. 

